14 years experience within graphic design, photography and marketing
Who am I and what do I do?
Kristian Tervo from Finland
15 years experience within graphic design, photography and marketing. At Nelonen Media, my expertise as art director is in brand identity and post-production leadership has been pivotal in shaping the visual landscape of Finnish television. Our team’s success in crafting compelling broadcast marketing promos and live event visuals reflects our dedication to excellence and innovation. With hands-on experience in campaign art direction, I’ve played a key role in redefining the aesthetic of four national TV channels and Nelonen Media Live events.
Collaborating with stakeholders and supervising creative outcomes, my work embodies a fusion of strategic vision and artistic execution. My journey continues as I harness these competencies to create dynamic and engaging media experiences that resonate with audiences nationwide.
Weekly blog on MA studies
Here you can find my latest posts about the briefs on Falmouth University MA course
- GDE750, weeks 20–23 (Phase 4)
Here we are, at the end of this module and course! Hurray! These last weeks are critical in completing my prototype, compiling all the documented research and design decision-making into the Studio Practice PDF. The feelings I have/had in these last weeks are varying from joy to dissatisfaction, as I can already see how things… Read more: GDE750, weeks 20–23 (Phase 4) - GDE750, weeks 14–19 (Phase 4)Continuing the work on weeks 14–19 was mainly allocated in writing the Critical Report and starting to put together the research for Studio Practice. At this stage, I believe I had almost everything I needed for both submission documents, but the content required extensive amount of work to become two, carefully curated documents. In June… Read more: GDE750, weeks 14–19 (Phase 4)
- GDE750, weeks 11–13 (Phase 3)Week 11 began with preparations for the External Review. For someone who has been focusing on research, putting together a piece where I explain my idea in a nutshell proved to be a bit difficult. That doesn’t meant that I don’t know what I am doing, but what is different in this module on my… Read more: GDE750, weeks 11–13 (Phase 3)
- GDE750, weeks 7–10 (Phase 2)Building my own Design Audit Tool (DAO) Why is it important to have a design audit tool and use it? I am not the only one that has recognised the importance of design in business. Creating a model which comprises fundaments of design management has proven to be a common challenge (Wrigley and Straker, 2017).… Read more: GDE750, weeks 7–10 (Phase 2)
- GDE750, weeks 5–6 (Phase 2)On Phase 2 it is important to start refining the research plan. It meant refining the research questions, and trying to re-iterate the core research topics that have been found from the problems from my ethnographic research. Also conducting the ethics review for my research was a focus point within these weeks. So far I… Read more: GDE750, weeks 5–6 (Phase 2)
- GDE750, weeks 2–4 (Phase 1)This blog is a living version of a notebook and sketchbook. The first weeks I have been going through my ideas for this project, and preparing a working schedule with smaller deadlines and other tools that will help me on my journey. I won’t be making posts weekly, as the work progresses with different speed… Read more: GDE750, weeks 2–4 (Phase 1)
